St. Patrick's Day
Date This festivity is celebrated on 17th 17 March.
Reason to celebrate it The shamrock with three-leaved three explains the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that could exist as separate parts of the same being. Where it is celebrated St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in the whole of Ireland. Customs. hat with the shamrock and That day, they wear green hats they also wear ar green clothes.
This is the flag of St Patrick Ana & Nerea
Pancake Day. ShroveTuesday This year Pancake Day is celebrated on the 21st of February. They celebrate it because they can eat many things but in the day of Lent they can't eat anything. any It is also is called Shrove Tuesday. Tuesday The name Shrove comes from the old word ''shrive'' which means to confess. Pancake Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom and in other countries like Australia, France, Poland, Sweden, Canada and Denmark. That day it is a tradition to eat pancakes. A pancake pancak is a thin, flat cake, made of butter tter and fried in a pan. Caster sugar (superfine sugar) is sprinkled over the top and a dash of fresh lemon juice added. The pancake is then rolled. Some people add golden syrup or jam.
Melania & David
May Day May Day is celebrated the first day of May. i The first time party was in England,, and it has been celebrated for over 2.000 years. The reason to celebrate it is the coming of Summer, when the flowers and trees start to blossom. May Day has been celebrated around the world in many different customs.. It is the symbol joy and hope. The traditional celebrations are Morris dancing, May Queen and dancing around a Maypole.
Paulina and Marta
The longest day The longest day of the year, is on or near the 21st of June.. It is the day when the sun is at its most northerly point and this is why it is "the longest day". Because the sun is out, out the longest time in the year.
Stonehenge What is Stonehenge? Stonehenge is one of Europe's biggest stone circles. The stones are twelve metres high. The oldest part is nearly 5.000 years old.
Who were the Druids? The Druids were the priests in Britain 2,000 years ago. They used the sun and the stones at Stonehenge to know the start of the months and seasons.
Every June 21st, hundreds of people go to Stonehenge to watch the sun rise. The sun shines on the Heel stone. Druid celebrations also take place on Midsummer's Eve. Bonfires are lit to show respect for the Sun God, whose power is very strong at the Summer Solstice. At this festivity the people also dance in a circle, it is mainly celebrated in Cornwall, the West Country, and London. Lieve & Guille
Saint George Saint George was born in Turkey Turkey in the year A.D A. 270. Saint George was a Christian.. At a young age he joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. The emperor Diocletian tried to make saint George deny his faith in Christ,, by torturing him. He was beheaded near Lydda, Lydda in Palestine on 23 of April, 303. In 1222, the council of Oxford declared April 23 to be Saint George's day and it is a national feat day. Lily
Pentecost day
Nasser y Javier This year the Pentecost day will fall on the 23rd of May Pentecost is the day when the apostles received the Holy Spirit and it's called Pentecost because it was the Jewish celebration of Pentecost. WHIT SUNDAY On the whit Sunday all people dresses in white at first it was called as white Sunday but people abbreviated reviated. WHIT WALKS The whit walks are processions and walks. The longest one and the most traditional is the “Whitness Whitness walk�
Bread and Cheese Throwing
In Gloucestershire, the whit Sunday is often referred as “Bread and cheese day� because of an old tradition that consists on throwing cheese and bread from the castle wall.
Cheese Rolling Gloucester cheese Rolling. Randwick, Gloucestershire, England: The people rode a cheese around the church and then they threw it down a hill by to two bystanders Stilton Cheese Rolling. Stilton, Cambridgeshire: Teams of four in bizarre clothes rolled the cheese along a 50-yard course. The first prize is the cheese
Palm Sunday: Palm Sunday is celebrated on the sixth and last Sunday of Christian Festival and the beginning of Holy week. Palm Sunday is celebrated because this day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. They called it Palm Sunday because the crowds waved palm branches as they followed Jesus' procession into Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, children are given crosses made from palms leaves. Many churches will have a procession around the church while people sing songs and wave palm leaves. In some areas of England, Palm Sunday was a traditional day for visiting wells to celebrate that day they the used many different kinds of leaves. Africa and MarĂa a